The Mist (2007)

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers (WGA):

Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Stephen King (novel)

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror

Plot:

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Mist | Supermarket | Fight | Tentacle | Army

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 24	4:45 AM	SHOW
Sat. Dec. 26	9:30 PM	SHOW

Cast

Thomas Jane	...	David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden	...	Amanda Dunfrey
Andre Braugher	...	Brent Norton
Toby Jones	...	Ollie Weeks
William Sadler	...	Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen	...	Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble	...	Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos	...	Sally
Chris Owen	...	Norm
Sam Witwer	...	Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen	...	Myron
Melissa Suzanne McBride	...	Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's The Mist (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language.

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (alternate DVD version) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:R-15 | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | Spain:18 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Peru:14 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Darkwoods Productions

Trivia:

Shot in 37 days.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: "The Castle Rock Times", the newspaper a shopper is looking at in "The Food House" town general store has no datum, issue number or price on it.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!

Movie Connections:

References The Thing (1982)

Soundtrack:

Apollo to the Rescue

This King adaptation gets it right

I was very impressed by this adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Mist'. I have been a fan of the story since it came out and have played the text game and have heard the 3-D audio version of it. This is a masterful suspense/monster movie that puts an ensemble cast into the untenable situation of being in a deteriorating situation they cannot escape from. We watch as alliances are formed, religious paranoia takes hold and, nicely, the movie takes the time to establish characters whom we come to care for before the true action begins. I dock it a couple of points because some of the monsters seemed a little too cgi, and the middle lags a bit, but the much talked about ending is indeed awesome and I was most impressed by the director's decision to keep the music soundtrack down and even eliminate it completely during many of the action sequences. So many movies nowadays crank the music up to 11 to make up for the fact that their suspense scenes do not work. This movie does. I was breathlessly on the edge of my seat for most of it, even though I was already familiar with the story. Highly recommended.